Remembering Leonard Sechele

Sechele memorial service...Pic.Kagiso Onkatswitse
Sechele memorial service...Pic.Kagiso Onkatswitse

Hundreds of mourners, among them judges, magistrates, lawyers and civil servants, filled the Special Support Group Hall yesterday to bid farewell to their compatriot, Leonard Sechele.

The former Director of Public Prosecutions, Sechele, died last Thursday after a struggle with kidney failure. He was 56 years old. Speaker after speaker described Sechele as a disciplinarian and gentleman, as well as a humble person who loved his job and respected his colleagues.

The first to speak was Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Shaw Kgathi, who was his roommate at University of Botswana in the 80s.

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